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EL OMARI, Abdou - Nuits D'Ete Avec Abdou El Omari (reissue) - Vinyl (LP)
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Cat: RMLP 001. Rel: 28 Nov 16
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Side 1 - Track 1. Rajaat Laayoun Side 1 - Track 2. Layali Saif Side 1 - Track 3. Afrah El Maghreb Side 2 - Track 1. Hind Side 2 - Track 2. Zifaf Filfada Side 2 - Track 3. Mawa'aid Side 2 - Track 4. Fatine
Moroccan musician Abdou El Amari was arguably one of the first composers to combine traditional North African music with contemporary Western styles. Amazingly, he only ever released one album: 1976's much sought-after Nuits D'Ete Avec Abdou El Amari. Original copies of that set are notoriously hard to find (if you do score one, it would cost you nearly a grand) making this reissue something of a surprise treat. It's a set of "Arab electronics" - a curious mixture of intoxicating organ motifs, Middle Eastern rhythms programmed on dusty early drum machines, quirky synthesizer melodies, and copious amounts of hashish-inspired tape delay. Even all these years on, it still sounds utterly bonkers, and is well worth further investigation.
